Table 1.
Environmental and anthropogenic variables used for modeling the red panda habitat suitability
| Category | Data source | Variables | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental | WorldClim | Annual mean temperature | Bio1 |
| WorldClim | Mean diurnal range | Bio2 | |
| WorldClim | Temperature seasonality | Bio4 | |
| WorldClim | Annual precipitation | Bio12 | |
| WorldClim | Precipitation of driest month | Bio14 | |
| USGS GTOPO30 | Aspect | Aspect | |
| USGS GTOPO30 | Slope | Slope | |
| SPOT‐VGT | Annual minimum NDVI | NDVI_min | |
| SPOT‐VGT | Standard deviation NDVI | NDVI_sd | |
| ALOS Japan | Forest cover | Forest_cover | |
| NASA EARTHDATA | Forest canopy height | Canopy_height | |
| Anthropogenic | FROM‐GLC | Land use land cover | Land_cover |
| NASA SEDAC | Human population density | Population_density | |
| Geofabrik | Distance to roads | Distance_roads | |
| Geofabrik | Distance to paths | Distance_paths | |
| Survey department Nepal | Distance to settlements | Distance_settlements | |
| Livestock Geo‐Wiki | Livestock density | Livestock_density |